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Meira Kumar rejects Opposition demand for vote on price rise | Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar on Wednesday rejected the opposition's demand for a vote on the price rise issue and adjourned the House for the day.
Kumar said price rise is a matter of concern and may be discussed in any form
other than the adjournment motion. The Rajya Sabha too has been adjourned for
the day over the same issue. Kumar had earlier allowed MPs to debate on whether
the House should allow the adjournment notices, which entail voting. During the
debate, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee attacked the opposition for stalling
proceedings of Parliament, saying it was deliberately trying to derail the Monsoon
Session. "The government is open to a debate, and, there is no question of discussing
under the adjournment motion. The opposition is deliberately trying to derail
the Parliament session," he added. Leader of the Opposition Sushma Swaraj said
the opposition could demand a discussion under various rules but it wanted the
adjournment motion under which there was no need for the government to resign
even if the motion was passed. "We just want to censure the government. The government
will not fall if the motion is passed by the House," she added. Swaraj further
said some parties, which are currently a part of the UPA, were supporting the
motion, and would vote in its favour. |
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